Psych 1

Data Data is a Statistic. IE. Average

Cognitive Miser We make shortcuts in decisions

Interpersonal Social

Instraperson Pyschology

Physicology Biology

Culture/Relgion Cultural

Principle A: Beneficence and Non-Maleficence. Psychologists should do good and avoid harm to others.

Principle B: Fidelity and Responsibility. Psychologists should be trustworthy and accountable for their actions.

Principle C: Integrity. Psychologists should be honest and fair in their work.

Principle D: Justice. Psychologists should respect the rights and dignity of all people and promote fairness and equality.

Principle E: Respect for People's Rights and Dignity. Psychologists should acknowledge the diversity and autonomy of individuals and groups.

The APA has 54 Speciality Groups

UN has 17 Sustainable Goals

Self-serving bias: The tendency to attribute successes to oneself and failures to external factors.

Empirical method: A research approach based on observation, experimentation, and evidence.

False-consensus effect: Overestimating how much others share one's beliefs or behaviors.

Hindsight bias: Believing past events were more predictable than they actually were.

Scientifc Method is the set of assumptions, rules, and procedures that scientists use to conduct empirical research

Humanistic Psychology – Emphasizes personal growth, self-actualization, and free will.

Cognitive Psychology – Studies mental processes like thinking, memory, and problem-solving.

Behavioral Psychology – Focuses on observable behaviors and how they are learned through conditioning.

Psychodynamic Psychology – Explores unconscious drives, childhood experiences, and their influence on behavior.

Lillian Gilbreth – Pioneered industrial-organizational psychology, improving workplace efficiency and ergonomics.

Wilhelm Wundt – Founded the first psychology lab, establishing psychology as a scientific discipline.

William Marston – Developed the polygraph test and created the Wonder Woman character.

Mamie and Kenneth Clark – Conducted the famous "doll studies," influencing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education to end segregation.

Facts vs Values - Values = Personal, Facts = Truths

Facts can shape values, Values can determine the facts we find

Psychology is hard because many factors factor into behavior, Factors tend to be outside of conscious awareness

False-consensus effect: the tendency to assume that one’s own opinions, beliefs, attributes, or

behaviors are more widely shared than is actually the case

Psychologists are Researchers, Pracittionerrs, Educators. They ALL go by the scientific Method.

Learning. Passive is highlighting/reading. Active is Elabortation, Retreival practice, Spaced Practice